The History of Here
A House, the Pine Hills Neighborhood, and the City of Albany
Seiten
2017
Excelsior Editions (Verlag)
978-1-4384-6790-0 (ISBN)
Excelsior Editions (Verlag)
978-1-4384-6790-0 (ISBN)
How the Pine Hills neighborhood in Albany, New York, changed and grew, as reflected in the history of one house and the lives of its residents.
When you buy an old house, you get much more than a house. In all its quirks, its alterations, in fragments of memory and traces left behind, you get a bundle of small mysteries. Who used to live here? Why did they come here, and where did they go? Whose name is that written on the attic wall? When did that odd little bathroom get shoehorned in there, and what did the room look like before? If you're lucky, one or two of your house's mysteries might unfold into stories. Akum Norder was very lucky.
The History of Here follows Albany, New York's, Pine Hills neighborhood through more than one hundred years of change. At its heart is the story of Norder's 1912 house and the people who built and lived in it. As Norder traced their histories, she came to see the development of her house, her street, and her neighborhood as a piece of Albany's story. In the lives of its residents, their struggles and triumphs, she saw a reflection of twentieth-century America.
Drawing on interviews, city records, newspapers, out-of-print books, and other sources, Norder's narrative makes a case for city neighborhoods: their value, their preservation, and the grassroots involvement that turns a jumble of houses into a community. Funny and thought-provoking, readable and relevant, The History of Here celebrates the sense of place that fuels the new urbanism.
When you buy an old house, you get much more than a house. In all its quirks, its alterations, in fragments of memory and traces left behind, you get a bundle of small mysteries. Who used to live here? Why did they come here, and where did they go? Whose name is that written on the attic wall? When did that odd little bathroom get shoehorned in there, and what did the room look like before? If you're lucky, one or two of your house's mysteries might unfold into stories. Akum Norder was very lucky.
The History of Here follows Albany, New York's, Pine Hills neighborhood through more than one hundred years of change. At its heart is the story of Norder's 1912 house and the people who built and lived in it. As Norder traced their histories, she came to see the development of her house, her street, and her neighborhood as a piece of Albany's story. In the lives of its residents, their struggles and triumphs, she saw a reflection of twentieth-century America.
Drawing on interviews, city records, newspapers, out-of-print books, and other sources, Norder's narrative makes a case for city neighborhoods: their value, their preservation, and the grassroots involvement that turns a jumble of houses into a community. Funny and thought-provoking, readable and relevant, The History of Here celebrates the sense of place that fuels the new urbanism.
Akum Norder is a writer who lives in Albany, New York. This is her first book.
Acknowledgments
1. The View from My Porch
2. The Junction at the End of Town
3. Notes on "From"
4. The Carpenter-Poet
5. By Any Other Name
6. First Footsteps
7. House, Home
8. The Newcomers
9. Marguerite
10. The Flappers in My Attic
11. The Hard Road
12. Play
13. The Gentle Man with the Meat Cleaver
14. Pioneers
15. "Where Everybody Talked about the Good Old Days"
16. Kegs, Eggs, and Beyond
17. Renewal
18. The Neighborhood You Fight For
19. Building / Community
Sources, Notes, and Notes on Sources
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Excelsior Editions |
| Zusatzinfo | 42 Illustrations, black and white; 3 Maps |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 426 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4384-6790-7 / 1438467907 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-6790-0 / 9781438467900 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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